Propellant Depots

Credit: United launch alliance concept
As debate over the future of U.S. human spaceflight continues into 2012, NASA is moving to answer one key question: Is it feasible to store propellant in orbit and so reduce the number of heavy-lift launches required for deep-space missions? While for some the question is whether propellant depots...

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